Impey, Eugene Clutterbuck (Photographer). Amber - Part of the Palace and Citadel, n.d. | Antiquarian Photograph | 00115684
PhotographerEugene Clutterbuck Impey | 1830 – 1904
TitleAmber - Part of the Palace and Citadel
Document TypeAntiquarian Photograph
MediumAlbumen print pasted on mountDaten.d.
Size9.57 x 11.30 in (24.30 x 28.70 cm)
InscriptionPrinted in English '43. Amber.- Part of the Palace and Citadel. The palace was built by Raja Maun Singh in the latter part of the sixteenth century, but it was greatly added to about a century later by Raja Sowae Jeysingh, and its vast walls and towers, overhanging the dark lake below, form a picturesque and striking scene. one the hill above it is the citadel, with its lofty watch-tower, which is used as the state treasury and prison. Inscribed in English in pencil '6609' t.r. on mount and 149' on verso.
Location FeaturedTomb of Itmad-ud-daula, Agra
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